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Record-breaking visitor spend from Electric Avenue

Otago Daily Times Online News·Friday, 15 May 2026·18 days ago
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Australasia’s biggest music festival has broken its own record for the largest visitor spend of any Christchurch event this decade. This year's sold-out Electric Avenue festival which was attended by nearly 90,000 people across two days, resulted in visitor spend of almost $14 million, an economic impact report from FreshInfo shows. This eclipsed the $10.5 million spent in the city by Electric Avenue festival goers in 2025 when the event first expanded to two days.  This year’s event in February saw the addition of the Electric Stage in the northernmost corner of Hagley Park, and featured acts like Kesha, Dom Dolla and a reunited Split Enz.  Said team event managing director Callam Mitchell: “Electric Avenue 2026 built on the success of our two-day expansion and took the festival to another level.…

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